Garment hanger and clothes tree



Nov. 20, 1934. w B, @OPE 1,981,569

GARMENT HANGER AND CLOTHES TREE Filed March 7, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 gn-ucnfoz H M/Arr 55EK/7A/V O E,

Nqv. 20, 1 934. w. B. POPE- GARMENT HANGER AND CLOTHES TREE Filed March 7, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nov. 20, 1934. w B POPE 1,981,569

GARMENT HANGER AND CLOTHES TREE Filed March 7, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Nov. 20, 1934. w. B. POPE GARMENT HANGER AND CLOTHES TREE Filed. March '7, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 II II lvwewfoz M m a 5 M m m Patented Nov. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE v 3 Claims.

My present invention, in its broad aspect, has reference to improvements in collapsible garment hangers and clothes trees, and more particularly it is my purpose to provide such a hanger, made 6 out of either wood or metal or any other suitable material, which will come apart and fold up to be packed in a very small space, and which has means in conjunction therewith for preventing garments from slipping off or becoming deranged or disengaged from a hanger.

My present invention is designed for use whereever compactness and conservation of space is indicated; it is especially adaptable for traveling, for use on Pullman cars, boats and yachts, in schools, offices, factories, in theaters and traveling circuses wherein dressing rooms or tents are knocked down and packed for shipment to a succeeding engagement; for camping; for use as an accessory in automobile touring; as an accessory in a fitted trunk, for use in public gathering places, in cloak rooms; as an item of equipment in the quartermaster corps of the army for use of officers in the field or on post; in dormitories of schools, and in manifold other ways and places too numerous to be listed.

My invention includes a knockdown or collapsible stand or standard, having a base, and unique means for attaching the standard to the base. The standard is in sections, and has collapsible or hinged arms extending out from the top part thereof to receive hats and the like. Beneath these outstanding arms are quickly removable cross pieces, with unique means for holding the same on the standard, and each end of each cross piece is provided with a snap fastener for retaining thereon unique and improved clothes hangers provided with means for preventing slipping of clothes off the same. In the form of my invention made of wood or composition material resembling wood, I provide unique joints and dismountable fittings for holding the several parts together; and in the metal form of my invention improved means are provided for making the same quickly collapsible and at the same time attractive and inexpensive. In addition, I have provided unique and desirable means in conjunction with my clothes hangers, both wood and metal, for preventing the slipping or derangement of garments thereon.

My invention is practical, inexpensive, and quickly set up and disassembled, and while I have shown several forms of the same in the accompanying drawings and described them in considerable detail, it is manifest that the several detailed parts thereof are subject to some modstandard to the base;

ification'and change to suit particular requirements or individuals, without .departing from the spirit thereof; therefore it is emphasized that the scope of my invention should only be determined from the claims appended hereto and forming a part of this application.

In the drawings wherein I have illustrated several preferred forms of myinvention;

Figure 1 is a side View of a form of my invention made of wood, and showing coat hangers suspended thereon;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the same;

Figure 3 is a view taken of myinvention from the side when it has been given a quarter turn around from the position shown in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the standard showing the means of connecting together the sections thereof so that the standard'may be taken apart;

Figure 5 is a sectional view of the base of the standard showing the means of connecting the end of the standard to the base so that the base may be taken off the standard;

Figure 6,-is a side view of a hollow metal form of my invention in which the standard'is formed with telescoping sections;

Figure 7 is a section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a detailed view-of an arm of a clothes hanger showing the rubber corduroy strip used to prevent slipping "of clothes from my wooden hanger; 1

Figure 9 is a view of the pin-ea cross sectionused in holding the arms on my wooden standard;

Figure 10 is a section through the wooden standard and shows an arm and the means for attaching the same; the line 9-9 indicates the line on which the section in Figure 9 is taken;

Figure 11 is a perspective view ofthe fitting used in receiving the bolt used in'attaching the Figure 12 is a view showing the hinged form for arm used with themet'al standard type;

Figure 13 is a perspective view showingthe manner in which the cross pieces are removably attached to my standard-wooden type-so that a finished joint is provided;

Figure 14 is a face view of my wooden standard; i. e. the edge part facing the wooden cross pieces;

. Figure 15 is an edge view of my wooden standard where the wooden cross pieces are attached,

and show the mortised joints;

Figure 16 is a view looking down on a cross piece;

Figure 17 is a view taken in relation to the side of a cross piece, and shows the snap fastener for retaining a clothes hanger at each end;

Figure 18 is a top plan view of the base;

Figure 19 is a view of a metal tube of standard which has sections which are collapsible, and which has unique metal cross pieces formed with end hooks;

Figure 20 is a side view of a form of my bent wire garment hanger crimped laterally to prevent slipping of garments;

Figure 21 is an edge view of the type shown in Fig. 20;

Figure 22 is a side view ofa form of my bent wire garment hanger crimped vertically to prevent slipping of garments;

Figure 23 is an edge view of the type shown in Fig. 22;

Figure 24, views A and 3 show the manner of applying rubber tubing upon the crimped parts of my coat hanger;

Figure 25 is a section on line X-X of Figure 19.

In the drawings wherein like characters of reference are used to designate like or similar parts throughout the several views;-

Referring now to Figures 1 to 18 inclusive, but not to Figures 6, 7 and 12, except as the same parts are used; the numeral 1 designates the base of my device which is formed with wooden cross members, suitably mitered together as shown in Figure 18, and designated 2' and 3; each being provided with feet 4. The undermost crossmember 3 carries a nut 5 provided with wings 6 for receiving screws 7 to hold the nut in place in a center hole for receiving the threaded end 8 of a special lag screw 9 fixed in the lower end of the standard 10. As shown to attach the standard 10 to the base 1 the protruding threaded end 8 is inserted in the opening in the base and the base turned to screw the threaded end 8 of the lag screw 9 into the nut 5. The standard 10 is in sections-there being an upper section 11 and a lower section 12. The sections are separably attached together by means of a lag screw 13 c'arriedby the section 11 and having a protruding end 14 formed with machine threads'to be received in a nut 15 carried in the opening 16 in the lower section 12 to insert the nut 15 in section 12 there may be a removable piece (not shown). In order to make a tight fit I provide a paper washer 17 between the two parts, and a finishing member'with a molded flange 1811; these parts being shown in Figure 4.

a On the upper end of the section 11 of the standard 10 I provide a plurality of arms 18 extending at about a. 45 angle to the side of .the standard; these are to'receive hats and the like. Each arm has a metal extension 19 held in place by a lag screw 20 and provided with burrs 21 to prevent its rotation with respect to the arm; as shown in Figure 10,. The standard is provided with openings or bores 22 to receive the metal extensions 19 so that the arms 18 may be removed. Below the arms are a plurality of cross pieces 23two being shown; and the upper cross piece being longer than the lower cross piece. These extend out from each side of the standard 10 and !shown in Figure 8. There are suitable snap fasteners 26a on each of said reduced ends of the cross pieces to prevent accidental displacement of the hangers therefrom when in use. In attaching the cross pieces 23 to the standard; the standard has a cut-away part extending about three sides for each cross piece, see Figure 13. In What will be termed the front facethe face of the standard toward the cross piece; the cut away part 26 is of sufiicient depth to receive the web part 27 of the cross piece left after the slot 28 has been made therein; the other communicatingcut away parts 29 on each side being of less depth than the cut away part 26, but sufficient to 'receive the edge portions 30 of the cross piece adjacent the slot 28 ;'these slots in the cross pieces and cut away parts are interfitting as shown in Figure 13 to form a tight, but dismountable joint, anda suitable conventionalsnap fastener 31 of the type having an element cooperating. with a spring pressed button fitting into the cavity of an element 310. is used to prevent accidental disengagemen'tof a cross piece from the standard when inuse.

In Figures 6, 7 and 12 are shown details 'of-a metal form of my invention, wherein the standardis formed of hollow, rectangular, telescoping sections 11a and 12a, fitting within each other as shown in Figures 6 and 7 so that one is receivable in the other. The arms 18a are hingedly connected to the upper sections as at 32 to fold up against the sides of the section. as shown in dotted lines in Figure 12 when not in use.

A slightly modified, but equally desirable form t of my invention is shown in Figures 19 to 25 inclusive. This is an all metal form in which the standard 10b; is formed of knock down sections 11b and 12b; said sections each having asleeve or annular cuiT 33 on its lower end having a slip fit with the upper end of the next section below. In dismounting and packing this form of my device; the sections are simply disengaged each from the others, and then the smaller ones are slipped into the larger ones to form a compact parcel. The arms 18b are the same in construction and operation as the arms 18a and they have hinged connections with the standard shown at 32b. The cross piecesare of semicircular metal (as shown in the cross section in Figure 25) and each has an outstanding part 34 and a right-angular foot part 35 with a hinge connection '36 with the standard; these are opposed to each other on each side of the standard and are each formed with the hooked end '37; or indentations 38 see Figure 19 to receive the hooked ends 39 of improved and unique wire garment hangers 40 shown in Figures 20 to 24 inclusive. The semicircular c'ross-sectional form of the cross pieces serves to reinforceand stiffen the same. The legs of the base 1b are hinged as at 41 to the base of the standard, and suitable swinging stops 42 are provided to hold them rigid when not folded up against the side of the standardas when not in use; see'dotted line positions in Figure 19.

' My bent wire coat hangers 40 are unique and practical and garments cannot slip when supconventionally bending a single strand of wire to form a hook 39 and a triangular hanger portion 43 the garment supporting arms of which are crimped as at 44 part way their length.

The crimped parts 44 may be formed either with a lateral crimp, as in Figures 20 and 21, or a vertical crimp as in Figures 22 and 23. The crimped parts are covered with rubber tubing 45 so that the garments are engaged 'to prevent slipping thereof. In practice the rubber tubing 45 is slipped in place before the wire is crimped as shown in view A of Figure 24; and then the wire is given the crimps 44 as shown in view B of Figure 24. The crimps, together with the tubing, serves to properly hold fragile garments in place on the hangers so that they will not slip or become disarranged.

It is believed that the operation, advantages, construction, and merits of the several forms of my invention will be apparent from the foregoing,

but it is again emphasized that certain minor changes may be indicated, and the right to make such changes is particularly reserved provided they fall within the scope of what is claimed.

I claim;

1. A knockdown garment support comprising a base and a standard rising from the base, said standard and base being detachable from each other, a plurality of cross-pieces for the standard to receive garment hangers, said standard having portions thereof cut away on three sides to form a continuous channel about three sides of the standard; the said cross-pieces adapted to be retained in said cut away portions, and each having a slot therein, the side walls and web part of which engage in the channels of the standard, and separable fasteners, one part carried by the standard and the other by the cross piece, and engaging when the cross-pieces are in operative position with respect tothe standard to retain the cross pieces on the standard.

2. A knockdown garment support comprising: a standard and a base carrying the standard, a plurality of cross-pieces each having reduced ends and each formed with a notch intermediate the ends, and elements of spring fasteners carried byv the ends and the walls of the notches thereby to engage similar elements on each garment hanger and on the cross-pieces to retain the garment hangers on the ends, and to hold said cross pieces on the standard; the notched parts thereof engaging about the standard.

3. A knock down garment support comprising a standard and a base supporting the standard, a plurality of cross-pieces each formed with a deep notch therein midway between the ends to receive the standard; an element of a spring catch attached to a wall of each notch; the standard having a series of channels therein formed by notching three sides of the standard to receive the notched parts of the cross-pieces thereby to provide an interfitting construction to support the cross pieces thereon, the other element of a spring catch attached to the wall of each channel of the standard and cooperating with the aforementioned spring catch elements to positively secure the cross-pieces in interfitting, supporting relationship with the standard, and the outer surfaces of the web portions of the notches in the cross pieces lying flush with the outer surfaces of the standard.

WILLIAM BEEKMAN POPE. 

